Palu started its life as production system on January 2006. This computer was the very first Cray XT machine to set foot on Europe. It was the first supercomputer based on the XT architecture thatrun Catamount operating system using Infiniband as high-speed interconnect. Palu was mainly used for massively parallel jobs.

Of the 6 cabinets of Palu, two will be disassembled by Cray to be used as spare parts, one will stay at CSCS and be the first exhibit of an own museum. The last three cabinets will be shipped next week to a compter museum near to Solothurn. Stay tuned on this blog to get additional information on the museum next week…

In the next photos you may see the technician of Cray starting the disassembling of Palu (this will need almost three working days).